Gateways into Higher Education: the Case of the Selection Process
to Access the Undergraduate Level at UNAM

Author: Carlota Guzmán Gómez y Olga Victoria Serrano Sánchez
Abstract: Personal, academic, socioeconomic and cultural factors are analyzed regarding their impact in terms of access to the higher education system. Taking the case of the competitive selection process to the undergraduate level at unam for the 2006-2007 school cycle. The analysis is based on the application of models of logistical regression. The results show that the applicants with more probabilities of entering are older male students, coming from medium and high income backgrounds, with higher than average marks, that have studied in private schools and that have access to cultural and educational resources.
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Gateways into Higher Education: the Case of the Selection Processto Access the Undergraduate Level at UNAM